Apparatus for simultaneously recording spaced data and code on a single frame of photographic film

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IN AN APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RECORDING A DOCUMENT AND INDEXING DATA RELATING TO SAID DOCUMENT SAID INDEXING DATA BEING IN THE FORM OF ROUND HOLES PUNCHED THROUGH A CARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED CODE, AN OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR CONVERTING THE FORMAT OF HOLES ON SAID CARD TO A DIFFERENT FORMAT, SAID OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING: A BUNDLE OF ROUND OPTICAL FIBERS WHOSE INPUT ENDA ARE ARRANGED IN THE FORMAT ON THE CARD AND WHOSE OUTPUT ENDS ARE ARRANGED IN SAID DIFFERENT FORMAT; AND A BLOCK OF OPTICAL RODS OF SQUARE CROSS-SECTION ARRANGED IN SAID DIFFERENT FORMAT, SAID BLOCK OF OPTICAL RODS BEING POSITIONED IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OUTPUT ENDS OF SAID BUNDLE OF ROUND OPTICAL FIBERS AND IN REGISTRATION THEREWITH.